Fullmetal Alchemist - Did You Know Anime? Feat. Faulerro (Nullmetal Alchemist)
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- Опубликовано: 3 апр 2014
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Narrated by Faulerro of Nullmetal Alchemist fame, Did You Know Anime looks into the historical connections to Fullmetal Alchemist, differences between the Anime and Manga, and the World War 2 of the WW2 of FMA.
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Does anyone find it funny how Arakawa depicts herself as a cow and she has Edward HATE milk?
Yes
***** well at least you apologized...now I won't murder you...
***** Don't you mean AraCOWa?... there now I'm just as bad.
I heard that she grew up on a dairy farm or something and she just liked cows...
How about HiroMOO?
So we ended ended talking about alchemy and it's various symbols in class, and it's actually pretty interesting.
The Ouroboros symbolizes equivalent exchange: the snake eats himself to grow. But it's also symbolic of the perfect being.
The snake nailed to the cross, as seen on Edward's coat and Izumi's tattoo, means "to solidify/ stabilize what is immaterial/ vaporous", probably to symbolize how both of them tried to return an immaterial soul to a body
But the best is Mustang's circle. I'm guessing Mustang creates his flame by breaking down water vapour into hydrogen and oxygen and lighting the mix with a spark. You can actually confirm this by "reading" the circle on his glove. Water's symbol is a triangle with a line near the point, while air is an upside down triangle with a line near the point. Fire is just a triangle. The salamander means "to heat or ignite the mixture". So you could read Mustang circle as "water becomes air, ignite to create fire"
+PureMetalDragon Neat!
that is friggin genius
Well in FMA (if I can recall) he says that the circle increases the density of the air.
Yes In the original fma series it’s stated that mustang increase the amount of oxygen in the air using alchemy and lights it with a spark created by his ignition glove in order to create an explosion.
Did you know envy looks like a palm tree
Yes
Fullmetal Alchemist is a really dark and sad anime. It's my first anime I've cried.
The militiary-related names are coincidental, actually. Arakawa admitted in manga omake that she has a book of western names from which she randomly picks names for her character.
if thats true, its an amazing coincidence!
No way. I'm gonna go ahead and say that she was being a troll in that interview, because there's no way that a whole bunch of characters in the military being named after military vehicles is purely coincidence.
Military vehicle names are random enough for that to be possible.
The first names she choose randomly, all the last names are intentional.
General Grumman is confirmed to be Riza's grandfather. They were both named after the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye. Not a coincidence.
Also Roy means king in French. That fits his chess analogy and matches the character as he aspires to lead his country. The current Fuhrer throughout the story was named "King Bradley".
Alphonse may have actually been inspired from an old Italian fable.
"The Non-Existent Knight." I have no proof of this, but after reading the story, it's kind of hard NOT to make comparisons. Agilulf and Alphonse are fairly similar.
Jack Lobrano The length the mangaka would go just to make her readers minds blow!
What's that?
Holy fuck Arakawa is a genius
I like both Versions of FMA. Why? Because while the First wasn't great, it helped to establish the series and even went on to be completed for the sake of the viewers. I'm so Greatful that the Artist/Author asked for FMA to be completed in the way the Studio thought would be good.
And When FMA:B came out, it was even better! Its the same way how the Hellsing series was completed, and I'd rather have two versions of the same anime, cause it says alot how the Final Product can influence the Definitive Version!
Bombastus Van Honenheim is clearly the ancestor of Gabe Newell.
LOL! CANNOT UNSEE!
Man, I love both of these anime, but Brotherhood holds a much deeper place in my heart.
You left out that King Bradley is also a reference to a military vehicle, a tank called M2 Bradley to be exact, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the tank he destroyed in the anime lol
The ishbalin suppression and extermination could also easily be seen as a commentary on the war in Iraq that was in full swing when the manga was being developed.
An act of terrorism sparking a full scale war that at first people where in support of, but slowly lost their support of and began to question the legitimacy of.
i knew i was not the only one that linked that Extermination to Iraq
That's coincidence though. Hiromu Arakawa was asked about the connection since they are uncannily close in their time frames. She stated she could see the parallels but didnt write it to make any sort of commentary or connection to real-world events.
HDZ274 I actually thought the connection was a lot deeper in the first anime than in Brotherhood, which was more based on Hiromu's work. I bet the anime directors and writers had an idea what they were alluding to.
Chandler Hull They did! Arakawa meant them to parallel the Inu, but the 2003 anime's writer, Sho Aikawa, specifically wanted to tie it to the conflict in Iraq.
***** that us pretty interesting
Well in Father's case he would actually be dividing the kingdom to his five sons, one daughter, and Envy.
Another fun fact about Riza and her namesake, the Grumman e-2 Hawkeye, her grandfather is actually General Grumman!
did you know asami from legend of korra her design is based off lust from fullmetal alchemist
I knew Asami's design looked reminiscent of a character id previously seen! I feel so stupid for not recognizing it until now
This is interesting considering she was conceptualized as an Equalist Spy, aware of her father's operations and trying to get close to the Avatar through Mako.
this show is so smart and deep. this is why its my favorite anime
First anime I watched from start to finish, and it still stands as my favourite. Whenever I started watching it, I couldn't stop!
I call this phenomenon (for the lack of a better term) "FMA Syndrome" :p
Absolutely recommended for anime newcomers.
2003 series is the best it's just more tragic
So true!
jesus costa its more dark , but i like brotherhood for the ending , and the more militarized and motivated show it was story driven while the original had more character development,
Depends on what you call “character development”, or the difference between good and bad development.
And thats why Full metal Alchemist is the best fighting/Shounen Manga taht will ever exist!
Man, I always feel so much smarter after these videos! Lots of great content. Keep up the good work!
One thing I love in Anime's is when an animal character like Black Hyarti is introduced, unlike most western shows (America Europe), that character sticks around, at least popping up occasionally!
On the surface, you could write off FMA for being like Naruto for being glorified wizards using "Ninjitsu", in this case, Alchemy, but upon watching, it delves so hard into the philosophy of alchemy and Westerner's compulsion to turn anything into a weapon, I never finished FMA nor bothered with Brotherhood as of yet, but both are just fantastic.
Oh And I'd say it was a fine move for Adult swim to use "Ready Steady Go" as a permanent OP because honestly, no other OP's can even compare.
The parallels to our real-world history are masterfully explored here. Great work guys!
TO EVERYONE AFFECTED
NULLMETAL ALCHEMIST ALL EPISODES HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN. TRUTH KNOWS WHY. NO PLAYLISTS
Lawlessmars053 Fuck copyright, what has it ever done for us other then destroy?
Quasar-Mars The 97th and I was planning on watching them.. Screw copyright BS..
Someone re-uploaded them with Spanish subtitles, so you can still watch that, just not the original episodes.
Fun fact: in FMAB, when the dwarf in the flask was giving hohenheim his name, he originally came up with theophrastus bombastus, then hohenheim said that the name was too long. Now in the video the source of hohenheim Comes from a guy with theophrastus As a first name. So it was definitely an intentional reference
I've seen both series. While they're just as equally one of the most beloved anime series, I can't deny that Brotherhood is the definitive version since it stays true to what the source material is all about.
The real influence of FMA is the alchemical practice of Hermeticism, based on the writings of the great Hermes Tristmegistus. It is mostly a spiritual practice of changing your soul from the symbolic Lead to the symbolic Gold (like overcoming the temptations of the seven sins. seeing truth/talking to God or "losing your body" and reconnecting with it), but it also laid the fundament for the material practice of changing one substance to another. Alchemy was religion, psychology, chemistry and astronomy embedded into one belief.
The concept consists of you as an alchemist losing your body by entering the depths of your mind, finding your soul in the blackness of it, then through transmutation pulling your soul into the material sphere, and incarnating the soul with your body as a wessel.
The dragon called Ouroboros is represented in Hermeticism as The All, the Substantial Reality. The Infinite and Eternal Energy. Humans are symbolized as Serpents, imperfect dragons. This is why Ed and Al's symbols are crucified serpents, the same as The All, yet finite in time and form as compared to the self-eating Ouroboros.
Northrop *GRUMMAN* E2 Hawkeye, you say?
In an artbook, Arakawa mentioned that General Grumman is Riza's grandfather!
If I remember correctly from Brotherhood near the end, I think there's a thing that mentions something about Mustang being in command of Grumman's granddaughter, or that she guards Mustang. Can't remember exactly what's said but I'm fairly certain they mention it in the Anime. xD
At another point he tells Roy that he "should marry his granddaughter" ;)
The Original Anime will always be my favorite, people get on my case about it all the damn time too. I like things about Brotherhood, but the concepts, story and characters just didn't have the same impression on me. I do wish fan boys would step off about it though especially knowing the creator specifically asked for the original anime to go a different direction -_-.
Erwin Schrodinger wish it had a better ending though thats the one thing that really bugged me about it.
also probably why i prefer brotherhood it has one of the most complete endings an anime can have.
patrick watkins I liked the ending to the original series
Erwin Schrodinger it was full of unanswered questions and even the movie left it too open.
patrick watkins what unanswered questions?
Of meh gosh. This just makes Al's name better, being I can call my self that now. This show is a masterpiece.
Wow...that was mind blowing. I still haven't finished Brotherhood due to the overload of feelings and don't get me started on the original anime. Now you guys have furthered my emotional distraught. Thanks.
Wow. I never would have thought about that thing with the names! That's awesome!
I didn't know Samus Aran is in this Anime!
one of the greatest anime i ever seen. i liked both versons but brotherhood i can rewatch like 100 times. even the movies were decent enough
One thing I was wondering the other day. The Japan alphabet does not have an equivalent of the letter L, so they substitute R. This has caused some translation error, like in the first Devil May Cry, where a character named Nero Angelo (Black Angel in Italian) was wrongly translated to Nero Angelo.
So, considering this, and considering that most character in FMA have western names, maybe Risa Hawkeye got mistranslated too, and her named is actually Lisa Hawkeye.
PureMetalDragon "Nero Angelo (Black Angel in Italian) was wrongly translated to Nero Angelo." Nero Angelo
Nero Angelo." I think you meant Nelo Angelo since you spelled both the exact same way....
マルス Whoopsie, yup my bad
PureMetalDragon Mmhmm, Erza Scarlet From Fairy Tail should be Elsa. It even shows it being Elsa on a couple signs in chapter 22 of the manga but for some reason it was never corrected, even in the anime.
Another character from the Hiro Mashima Universe, Resha Valentine, from RAVE Master, should be Lisa as well but there was a good reason her's wasn't changed; The RAVE is/are a powerful holy weapon that she died creating to fight evil and it/they was/were named after her: (R)esh(A) (V)alentin(E). So correcting her name would have thrown off the title, and changing the title would have made the music theme the series has not make any sence. (As in Rave music)
And while I'm on the series I might as well mention the evil RAVE was created to fight: The Dark Bring, should obviously be 'Bling' as they all appear as jewelrey in some form or another.
I think people just like the name Riza aside from Lisa. She looks more like a Riza than a Lisa.
Animu Fanatic Maybe. Also I talked to one of my friends and he said, "Well, maybe Riza is just short for Theresa."
with a bombastus you don't want to mess with him, 2:41 good old apple rice pie, history
2 friendly reminders. (Spoilers)
Fu died thinking he was useless
And hoenheim didn't live love enough to see his grandkids!
My brother reminded me. If you cried. I did too
FMA broke me
I love finding out the backstory and parallels behind stories! I loved FMA:B, even if I don't agree fully with a lot of her theology, I still thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the characters and compelling story!
Interesting video. I usually don't subscribe to ppl's channels but you got my subscription
I prefer Brotherhood (though I saw the previous series first and liked it) and a big reason is the ending is much more rewarding and makes you feel that for all the loses and sacrifices dealt to the heroes, they've won and the world will be a better place for their action. In the other series things were much more bitter sweet and some villains got off completely scot-free like Envy who died, but not before doing everything he wanted to do which included killing a bunch of people and murdering his father. He died with no regrets. Not to mention Father was a much better antagonist than Dante, who came off more of a hypocritical bitch who claims she's the only one who can use a stone but doesn't use it for anything other than to keep herself young. It'd be like having the super powers, but using them ease the most basic of daily routines cause you're too lazy to get up.
Igarappappa Hear hear! :D That's why I love Brotherhood so much!
+Igarappappa same
+Igarappappa I think it's okay to only have watched Brotherhood, I think :o
I prefer the 2003 version because I felt as though there was more character development and spent more time on the arcs.
Scarlet Jester
Gotta disagree on that. A lot of the plots and stories, in hindsight, didn't feel like they were necessary or even had a point.
Gene Havoc could also be a reference to the A-20 Havoc, which seems a little bit more realistic in line with most of Mustang's squad all named mostly American aircraft.
Thank you for the education and for including the TOP NOTHCH abridgers ... I have learned new stuff and I was entertained while I learned.... CHEETOS!!!!
June of 2014 on Netflix cramming this
ayy good memories
This was a veryyyyyy interesting video about Fullmetal Alchemist
I did know a few of the things you talked about in this video:)
I really hope these guys do an episode about the facts of Black Lagoon. Not the monster but the awesome action series
The Alphonse name fact is cool as heck (though also kinda sad)
1. This was brilliant.
2. Who doesn't like British accents and silliness, Faulerro?
MIND BLOWN
Has anyone ever made "The Clapper" Jokes with this anime?
No, just no.
***** i did not get it
asgth th For Ed's transmutation circleless alchemy, he has to clap his hands first. As for the clapper, RUclips and Yahoo are your friends. I don't want to ruin the joke any further.
***** is it a joke about the fact that if you are watching this and have a ''the clapper'' nearby it can get triggered?
asgth th That's one way to look at it, but no. The Joke is that, Ed himself has the Clapper installed with his alchemy while nearly everyone else with needs to draw a circle to make their alchemy work.
Now after watching Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood I noticed something. This alternate universe seems somewhat similar to Europe kn the 1930-1940s. Because first of all, some weapons used in the two series are from that period of time. For example, in FMA:B a tank that is used by Amestris is a Pz. IV (Panzer mk. IV) a tank used by the Germans in WWII. I have also seen use of a Gewer 43, K98 Mauser, Maxim 08, Tokarev SVT, Moisin Nagant 9130 PU, and an artillary piece that looks similar to a German WWI FK69(n)A.
Another thing I noticed is that Amestris is a land locked country, like Germany. It has a huge country to the north, similar to Russia. Infact in one episode of FMA:B it shows the Dracmin military which looks almost identical to Russian solders. Amestris also has two smaller countrys to it's left, like France and Britan.
A couple of smaller things I noticed is that in FMA The Conquer of Shambala, the Amestrian soldiers are wearing helmets similar to the German Sthalhelms of WWII. Another obvious thing is that they have a Führer, wich is Deutsch (German) for "Leader". Also Amestris is a military controled country, like Germany in 1936. One other thing is that the oppression of the Ishvalins and them being placed in camps seems eerily similar to the Nazi oppression of the Jews. One last thing I noticed was that in FMA a cyborg brigadier general said that soon Amestris will launch an offensive from all sides. Sound fimilliar? Just incase you didn't get it, I am refering to the German Eastern and Western battlefronts of WWII.
Al is also a play on words from the periodic table symbol for Aluminum, it's symbol being "Al"
Also just another thing I noticed. I don't know if it has been mentioned or not. Edward Elric=EE
EE= Equivalent Exchange
I have become so obsessed with this show but I can't find the next part of the 2003 series mentioned where edward is in the alternate dimension.
great job guys! ^_^
If these guys do one based on Naruto I will forever be a fan, and like very video they post xD
That last bit at the end reminded me of the joke in Austin Powers where he meets the two Asian twins, Fook Mi and Fook Yu.
I'd love to see a did you know for the legend of korra!
***** I can make ramen and so can Japanese people, so why can't Americans make anime? :3
*****
like I really don't understand why people go through the trouble to clarify such a point that has no point to eh actual post of wanting someone to do a review on an animated series which is in all purpose similiar to all other animes except it's originally made in english and by americans.
Ross takes her name from a Canadian bolt action rifle that was used from 1905 to 1916.
I can see everyone criticize the original and love brotherhood .I Watching brotherhood and I can see the appeal
How come on Netflix they cut the series from 2003 short, only into one season? Full metal alchemist brotherhood is good, but I would have really liked to see how everything went on after Ed was put in our world and al got his body back in the alchemy world.
I could watch/read trivia about FMA forever. Where do I find more? I feel like I've dried up all my resources to fill my FMA needs...
Um... NullMetal Alchemists Channel doesn't exist..... I hate RUclips dumping on anyone trying to do an abridged series.
I knew that voice sounded familiar!
wow for once i knew almost all the "did you knows" from an episode of dyk video @.@
It's odd to see no fighting in the comments... Is this paradise? Lol jk. I love FMAB though, even with how it ends with Ed. I don't wanna give away anything of course.
Minor nitpick, but the gunpowder analogy doesn't hold. The Chinese were already using gunpowder for weapons long before it made it's way to Europe.
Loved FMA.
I have a question is it worth it to watch "Full metal alchemist" When i've already watched all of "Full metal alchemist brotherhood" ?
Nicki's extra channel Yes and no.Yes, because it is good and is worth watching. It is slower paced and shows the early years of Ed and Al before they meet rose. The world is just as rich if not more so than brother hood due to the studio given freedom of plot and events i.e. more places in Amestres (even though Brother hood gives you a map).
No, because you kind of want to watch FMA before Brother hood because the Manga wasn't complete, is its own story, has a completely different ending than Brotherhood and some minor characters are either one or two episodes in "life span" with military characters i.e. Mustang's and Armstrong's people getting more screen time with Rose as the exception.
Final verdict: If you like FMA:B then you might like FMA. It is a different story is the one thing you have to keep in mind with some minor characters either given an episode while others border line support/main characters with screen time.
Hope this helps.
***** You know you could easily become an anime Reviewer with that much knowledge and the smooth way of explaining diffrences.
***** I will consider watching it though. Did already watch a little of it though like 1-3 episodes of the FMA before my brother convinced me to watch FMA Brotherhood instead.
Nicki's extra channel thanks, I know I could but, I don't have the recording equipment and skill to do it..... so comments it is.
Also I am limited to anime on Netflix.
***** www.nyaa.se/?page=search&cats=1_37&filter=0&term=
horriblesubs.info/ just use Utorrent :)
If that works :) its easy though :)
Faulerro forgot one part of Buddha's name......his full name is "Buddha SIDDHARTHA Gautama"....i know because im named after him, and proud to say it.
For the people in the comment section asking where he got the Jesus and Buddha clip it's from the saint young men ova. But no Buddha is 500 years older than Jesus they never met
Isn't Buddha an Imortal god that doesn't die? Meaning 500 years after Buddha was born Jesus was born then they later meet?
Sniperdragon11 I thought Buddha was just a prophet and completely human.
Sniperdragon11 we are all immortal Gods. Our physical bodies die but the consciousness lives forever
There's more than on Buddha
He was a normal human
I like fullmetal alchemist and brotherhood both kick ass. 😀👍
My mind is blown
I frikkin knew Black Hayate was named after something in the military! :D
The background music is a little loud, but otherwise this is really good.
Faulerro ♥
wow this made me want to re-watch brotherhood
If you need a Tales of Abyss Animation, check out Tales of the Abridged ;D
That link takes us to a "terminated" account due to copyright infringement...
Wait, what was that about Jesus and Buddha?! I need further clarification! *off to google*
Ahahahaha no, Buddha existed 500 years before the birth of Jesus.
That sounds like something straight out of fanfiction.net
Someone without a lot of knowledge of history trying to bridge the two religions clearly made an error with that claim
But it still doesn't make any sense that the writers of the original anime had to come up with a different storyline halfway through.
What's with all that shit that happened regarding the late episodes?
And Lyra?
She appeared very early on too.
There's no way they hadn't already planned this out ... right?
do gundam wing please
Could you please do one of these about Hetalia? I would be inn eternal gratitude to you!
If you look at the characters at the side, romano is there, making it likely to happen
Awful lot of magic in this episode.
CATRA!
BIGITY-BAP!
It's alchemy!
"Al! Fetch me my hat!
But you don't have one...
THEN I'LL MAKE ONE!
`*Poof*
Magic just got real!"
TheWraithOfMooCow Some one give this man a cookie!
Huh, I always thought the conflict between the Ishbalins and the Amestrians was based off of World War II, and the holocaust, given Amestris has a very German vibe to it ((or at least European)), and the Ishbalins have a very Hebrew vibe and appearance.
Watching this again and it feels strangely as if Nullmetal Ed is narrating this thing. Like...not the voice of him, Faulerro. No, it feels like Ed. xD
Do a review for Hajime NO ippo
What I dont understand is, where are all the other state alchemists during Mustang's insurrection?
Missed out on Riza Hawkeye's name being a translation error. Riza is just the Japanese pronunciation of Lisa.
Riza sounds a lot cooler though lol
3:03 wtf is that a Staryu in the sky?
So are we going to get a Did You Know Anime Attack on Titan featuring Stephen Krosecz, the creator of Abridge on Titan?
plz do Madoka Magica, or Akame ga kill!
Could you do Baccano next?
That's a great idea
Agreed
kinda weird how you didn't even mention the whole parallel to the people of Amestris to the Nazis, i mean when envy took the form of a highlighted blonde haired blue eyed soilder to take the first shot, and how jewish people were compared to rats and how the Ishvalans had red eyes, which i believe one character compared to a rat, i mean just saying it's a huige part to the series that you all tried to mention slightly but while trying to dodge it
1:33 godzilla music?
Best Anime.
did you a sami from legend of korra her design is based off lust from fullmetal alchemist
Late comment, but what's the track used at 1:21? I cannot find it anywhere, and it's one of my favorites in the series.
Do one of Gantz please
Dammit gantz! Quit f*ucking with me! Lol love that show
Zach Bashaw too bad the anime is a sack of manure. The manga started off as a masterpiece but ended up as a sack of manure too.
do the gundam series